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Brian
Piccolo
dead
Cancer
takes
Bear
runner
Associated
Press
NEW
YORK
-
Running
back
Brian
Piccolo
of
the
Chicago
Bears,
saluted
recently
by
teammate
Gale
Sayers
as
"
a
friend
who
spells
out
the
word
courage
24
hours
a
day
every
day
of
his
life",
died
yesterday
of
cancer
at
the
age
of
26.
Survivors
include
his
widow,
Joy,
and
three
small
daughters.
Funeral
arrangements
were
incomplete.
Death
came
at
Memorial
Hospital
for
Cancer
and
Allied
Diseases
to
the
courageous
athlete
who
was
an
unspectacular
football
player
but
left
a
lasting
mark
because
of
his
bravery
In
the
face
of
the
dread
killer.
"He
was
so
young
to
die,
with
a
future
that
held
so
much
for
him,"
said
George
Halas,
the
owner
of
the
Chicago
Bears.
"But
Brian
made
the
most
of
the
brief
26
years
alloted
to
him,
and
he
will
not
be
forgotten."
One
of
those
who
will
not
forget
the
former
Wake
Forest
star
who
was
the
country's
top
ground
gainer
and
leading
scorer
in
1964
is
Sayers,
who
Piccolo
began
rooming
with
when
the
Bears
decided
on
a
policy
of
integrated
rooming
three
years
ago.
Just
three
weeks
ago,
at
a
dinner
in
New
York
at
which
Sayers
was
honored
as
pro
football's
Most
Courageous
Athlete
for
his
comeback
from
a
knee
injury,
Sayers
had
the
audience
in
tears
with
an
emotional
speech
in
which
he
paid
tribute
to
Piccolo.
"You
flatter
me
by
giving
me
this
award,"
said
Sayers,
"But
I
tell
you
here
and
now
that
I
accept
it
for
Brian
Piccolo.
Brian
Piccolo
is
the
man
of
courage
who
should
receive
the
award.
It
is
mine
tonight.
It
is
Brian
Piccolo's
tomorrow.
v
"I
love
Brian
Piccolo
and
I'd
like
all
of
you
to
love
him
too.
When
you
hit
your
knees
to
pray
tonight
please
ask
God
to
love
him
too."
Sayers
credited
Piccolo
with
being
one
of
the
people
who
had
urged
him
on
as
he
made
his
comeback
and
asked
the
audience
"to
compare
his
courage
with
that
which
I
am.
supposed
to
possess.
"Think
of
Brian
and
his
courage
and
fortitude
shown
in
the
months
since
last
November,
in
and
out
of
hospitals,
hoping
to
play
football
again
but
not
too
sure
at
any
time
what
the
score
was
or
might
be.
Brian
Piccolo
has
never
given
up...
"He
has
the
heart
of
a
giant
and
that
rare
form
of
courage
that
allows
him
to
kid
himself
and
his
opponent
—
cancer.
He
has
the
mental
attitude
that
makes
me
proud
to
have
a
friend
who
spells
out
the
word
courage
24
hours
a
day
every
day
of
his
life."
Piccolo
signed
as
a
free
agent
with
the
Bears,
and
made
many
contributions.
Piccolo
took
over
for
the
final
five
games
of
the
season
and
carried
76
times
for
269
yards,
finishing
with
450
yards
—
the
best
of
his
career.
He
played
during
the
1969
season
until
Nov.
23
when
he
was
declared
out
of
a
game
against
Baltimore
because
of
a
cough.
The
cough
turned
out
to
be
cancer,
and
Piccolo
underwent
a
4Ms-hour
operation
at
the
end
of
last
November
for
the
removal
of
a
malignant
tumor
in
his
chest.
Three
months
later
he
underwent
further
treatment
and
this
month
again
returned
to
Memorial
Hospital.
"At
first
the
word
malignancy
scared
the
heck
out
of
me,"
said
Piccolo.
"But
the
doctor
was
just
fabulous.
He
talked
to
me
a
lot
—
even
before
the
first
operation
—
and
made
me
understand.
He
told
me
the
alternatives
and
what
could
happen.
"By
the
time
he
was
done
I
was
saying,
'Oh,
boy,
let's
go.'
Piccolo
said
he
felt
the
public
needed
that
kind
of
education
to
fight
the
battle
with
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